AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION (AUC)

ENERGY PRORAMMES

Presented by

Philippe NIYONGABO

Head of Energy Division

Department of Infrastructure and Energy , AUC

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Contents: 1. Africa-EU Energy Partnership 2. Solar Energy Development in Africa 3. Regional Geothermal Programme 4. Bioenergy Programme

5. Hydropower

6. Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)

7. Africain Petroleum Fund

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Africa-EU Energy Partnership

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2020 Political Targets

Energy access Bring access to modern

and sustainable energy

services to at least an

additional 100 million

Africans

2020 Political Targets Energy Security

Double the capacity of cross

border electricity

interconnections, both within

Africa and between Africa

and Europe

Double the use of natural gas

in Africa, as well as doubling

African gas exports to Europe

Bring the current flared gas to

the market

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2020 Political Targets Renewable Energy

Build 10,000

MW

of new hydro-

power facilities

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2020 Political Targets Renewable Energy

Build 5,000 MW

of new capacity

in wind farms

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2020 Political Targets Renewable Energy

Build 500 MW of

new capacity in

solar energy

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2020 Political Targets Renewable Energy

Triple the capacity of the other

renewable energy resources

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2020 Political Targets Renewable Energy

Improve energy

efficiency in

Africa in all

sectors, starting

with electricity

sector

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Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP)

Objectives of the programme

• Accelerate the use of renewable energy in Africa

• Make Africa a prime destination for renewable energy

• Expand renewable energy in energy mix

• Increase energy access through renewable energy

• Increase energy security

• Foster private sector cooperation between Africa and Europe

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Timeframe 2010-2020

Three-year Start-up Phase (2011-13)

• Implementation by EUEI PDF jointly with AFD

Financing

• Financing for Start-up Phase (2011-13) provided by European

Commission for 5 M euros

Institutional Set-Up

• Joint Experts Group (JEG) of the AEEP

• Monitoring and Evaluation System

Provide political guidance and tools for RECP implementation

RECP – Implementation and Institutional Set-up

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SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL

DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

• The 14th AU Summit mandated the AU to prepare a study

for exploitation of the solar energy potential in Sahara;

• The first phase of the study for Sahara and Sahel region

was completed and validated;

• The outcomes of this study presented at the CEMA

Ministerial Meeting in Maputo, November 2010;

• The executive summary of the study adopted at the AU

January 2011, Summit;

• The second and third phases of study are on going for

Kalahari and Ogden deserts ; to be completed end 2012;

SOLAR ENERGY STUDY, 1st Phase

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Main Findings

• The study estimated that the average cost of energy produced by CSP is

expected to be in the range of 10 to 15 US¢/kWh by 2030 and reduced to 5

to 7 US¢/kWh by 2050 depending on the geographical location;

• All of the countries analyzed in this study could achieve a full electrification

status as early as 2035 (by 2040 as latest) through the proposed plan of

disseminating Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and other renewable

energy technologies;

• The countries of North Africa could achieve the vision of exporting

electricity to Europe by 2030;

• The study estimated that the deployment of CSP and other renewable

energy technologies will directly support the efforts of preserving the

environment and contribute to abatement of millions of tons of CO2 and

other greenhouse emissions.

• The deployment of CSP and other renewable energy technologies in the

region will accelerate the integration of electric systems among the

countries in the region and between Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

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The Ministers of Energy from the 11 countries of the EARS gave

mandate to AUC by the Addis Ababa Declaration for Development

Geothermal Regional Programme (June 2009);

Action Plan and Road map Adopted to accelerate exploitation of

geothermal energy resources in the Eastern Africa Countries;

Published geothermal report on status, strategy, gaps and

required support programmes.

About 40 representatives of Eastern Africa countries trained on

Geothermal Policy development and harmonization;

Establishment of Geothermal Risk mitigation Facility, Dec. 2011.

REGIONAL GEOTHERMAL

PROGRAMME FOR EARS

MEETING AUC-KFW

AUGUST 9-11, 2010

A.A, ETHIOPIA

Geothermal Risk Mitigation

Fund 50 M GEOTHERMAL

RISK MITIGATION

FACILTY FOR

EASTERN AFRICA

COUNTRIES

To encourage public and private

potential investors to develop

geothermal power generation by

providing grants;

To support initially 5 targeted countries of the EARS: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda;

To mobilize additional funds.

GRMF OBJECTIVES

SIZE AND TIME FRAME OF THE

FACILITY

•The initial size of the FACILITY is € 50 M;

• KFW provided € 20M grant funding and 30 M

from Africa-EU Infrastructure Trust Fund;

• AUC provides budget for the Coordination Unit

(Secretariat of the GRMF and the Regional

Program)

• Time frame of the fund is for 4 years starting

from March 2012;

•First applications for grant for surface exploration

and drilling launched on 17th October 2012.

BIOENERGY PROGRAMME

A join AUC-UNECA study was carried out on

Bioenergy Policy Framework and Technology

Options in Africa.

A stakeholders’ validation workshop took place

from 21 to 23 November 2011 at the United

Nations Confer­ence Centre, UNCC, in Addis

Ababa, Ethiopia.

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BIOENERGY PROGRAMME

The main outputs of the Experts Group Meeting:

• Modern bioenergy development can help enhance energy access particularly in rural Africa;

• The need to develop a continental policy and regulatory frame­work;

• Bioenergy policies and strategies need to be based on science and be developed through processes that engage stakeholders;

• The key outcome of the meeting will be a refined draft of Africa’s Bioenergy Policy Framework and Guidelines.

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33%

22%

70%

69% 75%

7%

Hydro 2020 Programme

Africa has huge hydropower potential estimated to 300 GW most of them concentrated at the four major rivers basin: Congo, Nile, Niger and Zambezi; only 5-7 %of hydropower potential of the continent have been exploited;

Continental Policy in Hydro and Strategy for the development of Major Hydropower projects developed by AUC and stakeholders validation workshop organized;

PPP Guide developed by AUC for Inga site projects.

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• PIDA covers 4 sectors: Energy, Transport,

Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

and Water (Trans- boundary).

• To be implemented in two major steps: study

step and implementing steps of the results of

the study.

• PIDA is a programme dedicated to facilitating

continental integration through improved

regional infrastructure

PROGRAMME FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (PIDA)

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AFRICAN PETROLEUM FUND

African Petroleum Fund

Expected outputs ACHIEVEMENTS REMARKS

*Organization of a roundtable

for donor : 30,000 $

Campaign of funds

mobilization : 30,000 $

Capacity Development

• Strategy developed

• Lack of funds for Task

Force set up and

recruitment of experts

team

• No achievements

There is no fund

available to organize

training workshop to

the member country

on the Model of the

APF, and regional

Meetings of the JTF

Group Supplementary

budget was requested

but not approved .

African Petroleum Fund

2011 PROGRAM/BUGGET CHALLENGES

• Organization of a roundtable for donor

• Campaign of funds mobilization

• Participation to the organs meeting of the

APF

• Political will to contribute to

APF resources

• Availability of funds

Thank you Philippe Niyongabo: Head of Energy Division

E- mail : niyongabop@africa-union.org

Web Site: www.Africa-Union.org

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